Use İstasyon buradan uzak mı? to ask whether the station is far from here.

The idea

Uzak means far and yakın means near. Buradan means from here: the ablative ending -dan marks the reference point. Orası çok yakın değil means that place is not very close; it does not specify an exact distance. Yaklaşık on dakika sürer says it takes about ten minutes.

Examples

  • İstasyon buradan uzak mı?Is the station far from here?
  • Oraya yürüyerek gidebilir miyiz?Can we walk there?
  • Orası çok yakın değil.That place is not very close.
  • Yaklaşık on dakika sürer.It takes about ten minutes.
  • Sağa dönüp düz gidin.Turn right and go straight.
  • Buradan otobüsle gidebilirsiniz.You can go from here by bus.

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Watch out

Do not use uzağım, I am far away, as the adjective for the station: ask uzak mı? Also, not very close does not tell you exactly how far away a place is.

Try it yourself

  1. İstasyon buradan ___ mı? (uzak / uzağım)

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    uzak

    uzak: the station is the subject, so the adjective takes no first-person ending.

  2. Bu yer ___ değil. (yakın / yakınım)

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    yakın

    yakın: before değil, the basic adjective expresses that the place is not near.

  3. Yolculuk on dakika ___. (sürer / sürersin)

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    sürer

    sürer: the third-person form agrees with yolculuk and means the journey takes time.

Use it today

Ask if a station is far from here, then ask whether you can walk there and describe a travel time.